beautiful moment of the day...

When Violet got home from school yesterday, I asked her about her day.
It was mostly one-sided:
"Violet, how was school?"
no answer
"Did you have a good day?"
no answer
"Did you read books?"
no answer
"Did you have a snack?"
no answer
"Violet, did you play with Ella?"
beat. beat. beat.  "I play Joshen"
"YOU PLAYED WITH JOCELYN????" (kudos to Mama for memorizing the names of every child in the class).
"Yes!"

I confirmed it with Vi's aide, Kristen, afterwards.

My girl PLAYED with JOCELYN. And then she told me about it.

 (cell phone photos to follow- not the best, but sometimes you've just gotta grab the moment however you can!)

my girl, wearing her horsie dress, caring for her horsie

my bathing beauties



a book they are making in school. LOVE it.





it's true; she does love to play outside. I wonder if she really said it?



really, who ISN'T thankful for the color red?



love

ooh- one more beautiful moment to add! As I was putting the twins to bed tonight, we were looking out the front windows and saw the North Star (based on a layman's guess, anyhow)- huge and bright in a clear sky.

I said, "Wow, guys! Look at that beautiful star!"
Oliver said, "Mama- maybe it's Grampy!!"

Sweet Lord help me.

I started to sing "When you wish upon a star..." to complete the moment, and Violet socked me in the mouth, so we quickly zoomed back to reality.
Still the luckiest mama on the planet, though.